fiaccola

Italian

Etymology

Diminutive of an unattested Old Italian *fiacca, from an older *facchia (with metathesis of /j/), from Latin facula, itself a diminutive of Latin fax (“torch”). Effectively a doublet of facola, which was borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjak.ko.la/
• Rhymes: -akkola
• Hyphenation: fiàc‧co‧la

Noun

fiaccola f (plural fiaccole)

1. torch (flaming sort)

Derived terms

• fiaccola olimpica
• fiaccola nuziale
• fiaccolata

Descendants

• → Maltese: fjakkla

Further reading

• fiaccola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana